IC mental health services work to open an animal-based therapy youth crisis center

Equipped with a llama, two horses, four goats, and more animals, a new youth crisis center will begin accepting residents on March 1 to give youth a safe space in Iowa City. “They’ll come in through those doors and immediately be greeted with a warm home,” Julia Winter, CommUnity Crisis Services Director of Development, said. “We aren’t just an institution, it’s a home that is going to feel safe.”

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